The ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County, which engages people with disabilities and develops their leadership skills to confront social inequities and implement systemic change.www.arcvc.org

CAUSE – $35,000 (second year of two-year grant) for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County.www.causenow.org

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $20,000 for Eastside Neighborhood Council /Transit and Pedestrian Organizing, to organize residents of Santa Barbara to advocate for pedestrian safety, improved bus service, and to establish a neighborhood council.www.coast-santabarbara.org

Food & Water Watch – $25,000 for two community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations concerned with fracking and similar oil and gas extraction practices.www.foodandwaterwatch.org

Future Leaders of America – $35,000/year for two years for youth leadership and advocacy programs to empower youth in the Santa Maria Valley to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities.www.futureleadersnow.org

Little House by the Park – $30,000 for the Guadalupe Community Changers and Guadalupe Parent Academy, a parent-supported and inspired education project focused on improving community health, leadership development, wellbeing, and personal education to transform the community of Guadalupe through civic and educational engagement.

Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $35,000 (second year of two-year grant) for the Justicia Laboral project, to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers who advocate for improved working conditions in Ventura County.www.mixteco.org

One Step A La Vez – $30,000 a year for two years for One Step Adelante, which empowers youth in Fillmore to expand the community’s voice for social change to address environmental issues, educational equity, the needs of LGBTQ youth, and juvenile justice concerns.www.onestepalavez.org

Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas – $25,000 to train farm worker women to develop solutions to address and prevent sexual violence in the workplace and launch a campaign to combat this problem in Ventura County.www.liderescampesinas.org

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing – $20,000 for the Resident Leaders Community Organizing Project in Santa Barbara County to engage residents at the agency’s affordable housing complexes in leadership training and community change projects.www.pshhc.org

Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center – $20,000 for the Immigration Promotorx program to recruit and train Spanish- and Mixtec-speaking immigrants in Santa Barbara County who will provide trainings to help immigrants understand their civil rights.www.sbimmigrantdefense.org